National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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This issue brief presents the key findings of a study UNDRR conducted on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiDRR) policies and practices in Africa.
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This paper is based on the experience of peace and climate change programming in the Bangsamoro, in the Philippines, Karamoja in Uganda, and Kashmir examining the junction of climate change and conflict.
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This report presents the learnings from a series of participatory workshops conducted to explore how gender and cultural norms, relationships and power structures shape how different people experience climate change
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This study provides a comprehensive climate risk analysis for Uganda’s agricultural sector. It aims to offer an in-depth decision-basis for national and local decision-makers on current and future climate risks for agricultural value chains
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This study uses the ASPIRE tool to evaluate the readiness and effectiveness of social protection systems in Uganda, identifying gaps and opportunities to improve anticipatory measures and climate resilience.
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This seismic risk profile of Uganda, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
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This paper studies the long-run economic impacts of landslides in Uganda, where 300,000 people have been affected, and 65,000 displaced, over the past decade alone. Between 2008 and 2018, around 265 million people were displaced by disasters .
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This study assesses the usefulness of less conventional data such as flood impact data for verifying flood forecasts compared with river-gauge observations in Uganda and Kenya. The flood impact data contains semi-quantitative and qualitative information.

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